CHAPTER 3 INTERPRETATION OF DRUG LABELS, DRUG ORDERS, BAR CODES, MAR AND eMAR, AUTOMATION OF MEDICATION DISPENSING ADMINISTRATION, AND ABBREVIATIONS Outline INTERPRETATION OF DRUG LABELS Military Time versus Traditional (Universal)…
CHAPTER 2 CONVERSION WITHIN THE METRIC, APOTHECARY, AND HOUSEHOLD SYSTEMS Outline UNITS, MILLIEQUIVALENTS, AND PERCENTS METRIC, APOTHECARY, AND HOUSEHOLD EQUIVALENTS CONVERSION IN METRIC AND HOUSEHOLD SYSTEMS BY LIQUID VOLUME CONVERSION…
CHAPTER 14 LABOR AND DELIVERY Outline FACTORS INFLUENCING INTRAVENOUS FLUID AND DRUG MANAGEMENT TITRATION OF MEDICATIONS WITH MAINTENANCE INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS Administration by Concentration Administration by Volume INTRAVENOUS LOADING DOSE INTRAVENOUS…
CHAPTER 5 ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR DRUG ADMINISTRATION Outline TRANSDERMAL PATCH Purpose TYPES OF INHALATION Purpose Types NASAL SPRAY AND DROPS Purpose EYE DROPS AND OINTMENT Purpose EAR DROPS Purpose PHARYNGEAL…
CHAPTER 1 SYSTEMS USED FOR DRUG ADMINISTRATION Outline METRIC SYSTEM Conversion Within the Metric System APOTHECARY SYSTEM HOUSEHOLD SYSTEM Conversion Within the Household System Objectives • Identify the system of measurement…
CHAPTER 4 PREVENTION OF MEDICATION ERRORS Outline PREVENTING MEDICATION ERRORS THE RIGHTS IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION Objectives • Discuss some of the causes of drug errors. • Explain ways that medication errors can…
